Shannon Heyck Williams of The National Wildlife Federation

Last year, the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) were signed into one, with the goal to help transition to clean energy, reduce energy bills, bolster infrastructure, mitigate the effects of extreme weather, improve transportation, and create millions of good-paying jobs. Clean energy already powers 20% of the U.S. and as the cost of these technologies plummet, that will only continue to grow. The effects of the climate crisis – from worsening heat and storms to changing ecosystems – threaten humans and wildlife alike. A transition to clean energy will not only reduce the greenhouse gas emissions causing the crisis but will help protect communities and wildlife from its growing impacts.